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Infective Diseases. 21
3,418 cases of Measles were reported during the year, compared
with 663 in 1,923. 1,253 of the cases were under the age
of five years, and 3,386 of them were under the age of 15 years.
119 of the cases were removed to the Metropolitan Asylums
Board's Hospitals because the conditions in the homes were not
suitable for treating them there.
2,859 of the 3,418 cases were reported by the Divisional
Officers of the Educational Department or by the teachers of
elementary schools, and 144 cases were notified by doctors, though
the disease is no longer notifiable.
The number of cases reported is less than the number that
occurred, as no reports are received as a rule from private schools
in the Borough. Further, all children do not attend school, and
cases occurring during vacations may not come to the knowledge
of the school authorities.
324 cases of German Measles were also reported.
3,853 visits were made by the Sanitary Inspectors and Health
Visitors to houses where cases of Measles occurred, and 1,342
premises were disinfected.
Table XIV. shows the number of cases of infectious diseases
which occurred in the individual elementary schools during the
year.